Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Income Tax [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes of domestic operations		$ 140,044	$ 184,894	$ 164,702
Additional tax benefit relating to retroactive reinstatement of research credit	$ 1,786	2,486		1,700
Unrecognized tax benefits		145	310	1,070
Earnings before income taxes of international operations		160,818	167,619	146,421
Undistributed earnings aggregated		712,913	622,914
Total unrecognized tax benefits		6,258	5,812	5,717	$ 3,140
Total unrecognized tax benefits impact the effective tax rate		5,650	5,175
Accrued interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits		2,664	2,025
Tax credit carryforwards		2,881
Tax credit carryforwards which will expire in 2015 through 2017		135
Indefinite tax credit carryforward amount		2,746
Operating loss carryforwards		73,927
Indefinite carryforward period		14,323
Net change in the valuation allowance		904	$ 2,009
Valuation allowance relates to tax credits and loss carryforwards		6,768
Foreign [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Unrecognized tax benefits				$ 900
Operating loss carryforwards		14,323
Federal [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards		3,629
State [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards		$ 70,298